chapter 6

lol sorry i been a while ive been busy, and also i know the last chapter went dark pretty fast but im trying to get deeper into the meaning of this book..walker and leah will be facing a lot of challenges together and the strength of the love they have will get them through anything...or atleast it should haha sorry we'll see tho...enjoy <3

Walker's POV

i woke up to the sound of a faint beeping and looked around slowly, i realized i was in a hospital bed i guess i must've passed out before the ambulance came...i looked around forleah and she wasn't in the room with me, i panicked and sat up quickly causing the machine to beep rapidly, i didn't even care.

i pulled out the needles and instantly jumped out of bed but before i could do anything a nurse ran in frantically trying to stop me "hey! no you need to lay back down you were hurt pretty badly!" she said guiding me back to the bed "where's leah?! where is she?!? is she okay?!?  i'm not laying anywhere until i know she's ok-" but before i could finish the most beautiful girl in the world walked in...her eyes gleaming with relief and tears, i felt my eyes starting to tear up and she walked towards me and hugged me tightly

i did not hesitate before hugging her back, she didn't deserve this..im glad she's okay but she doesn't deserve this trauma.

"i'm okay walker im just so happy you're okay! you passed out before the ambulance came and i almost thought i lost you...they wouldn't let me see you until your surgery was done" she whimpered and sniffed, i wiped her eyes away and kissed her lips softly

"im okay leah really, i was worried about you the minute i woke up...im so sorry they hurt you" i said checking her face, neck, arms and legs for any bruises, she had a few on her face and arms but other then that she was fine

i sighed relieved, i was so happy she was okayi sat down back on the hospital bed as she sat next to me and played her head on my shoulder, i placed a soft kiss on her forehead before rested my head on hers and sighed, it was quiet for a minute, almost peaceful...the kind of quiet you get after something traumatic happens and you just need a moment to take it all in.

i'm the corner of my eye i saw leah playing with her fingers, she always did that when she was upset, nervous, or mad it was her way of trying to calm herself down i took her hand and held it rubbing my thumb gently against her skin, she relaxed the minute i touched her.

"it's okay leah, we are gonna be okay...i won't let anything hurt us anymore" i promised, and i meant it...more importantly her then me but she would correct me if i dare try and say only her.

but i couldn't help but worry if these guys pre planned this, and if so was there more guys out there waiting to do the same thing? i would protect leah with my life but what if this turns out bigger then we've ever imagined? how can i protect her all alone?

"we need to call someone and tell them what happened, i know this will probably hit the media but i don't think we should hide this leah..who knows what else is out there" i said, she nodded as she looked up at me. her eyes were so puffy and red they almost didn't look like they were open, she's been crying so much and she's still crying, leah's too precious for this, she doesn't deserve this..she's the sweetest person in the world and her life may be in jeopardy and it's just no right. i hated seeing her like that.

she's always smiling and so happy, seeing her this upset made my heart turn, i felt a lump in my throat but i swallowed it hard to be strong for her..but it was killing me inside.

"um...i did, i told the group chat so everyone is on their way and our parents..everyone's coming the police too" she whispered i nodded and held her hand a bit tighter

"leah...i don't know how far this is gonna get but please know i love you and i would do anything for you, for us" i said tearing up, i was holding my tears back hard

it broke my heart knowing we had to go through this but maybe this is something that proves our relationship is stronger then we think, i mean they are fictional characters but percy and annabeth constantly had to fight monsters and protect eachother everyday as kids.

its starting to feel like me and leah are dealing with our own monsters but just like percy im willing to protect my girl no matter what "i love you too walker, and honestly i hope this is the end of just a really bad night...i don't know if i can deal with feeling unsafe for any longer..we are actors..if this is gonna get as bad as the way you think this can affect our lives forever." she said worriedly

and she was right, being on a disney show, the platform we have, we may get a lot ofsympathy but because of other companies feeling unsafe they won't hire us for any future projects..and who knows how it will affect our disney contracts, and as much as i cared about that i care about leah's safety way more, i would risk my life and career to make sure she's safe.

"i know, we will get through this and honesty i don't care if i ever get hired for anything again...i just want to make sure your safe again" i said softly

she cuddled into my arms and i held her tightly but gently, we sat there until our families and friends showed up. leah's parents showed up first and mine did shortly after, then aryan, charlie and dior my siblings and leah's brother also came and then lastly rick.

they comforted us saying everything would be okay and gave us millions of kisses and hugs and talked with us for a while about how to handle this situation, rick reassured us that this won't affect the show and asked if we still wanted to continue the show, of course we all said yes..the show was the only thing we had that fully connected us to our fans, we wasn't ready to let it go yet, but we have to focus on making sure leah and i are safe, mainly leah considering the two men were mainly after her, when the cops arrived we told them the story and they told us will we have 24/7 protection and an ongoing investigation, just incase anyone else may be involved or targeting leah.

"i cant believe this is happening..."dior sniffles as she laid on charlie's shoulder, aryan cried with her and you can tell charlie's was pissed, he wanted to cry too but he was trying to be strong.

leah was like a baby sister too him, he always protect her and made sure she mad good choices, dior saw her as a little sister as well and so did aryan..the fact that this was happening to leah devastated us.

she was our princess and she simply didnt deserve this, hours later our families and friends went back home and leah stayed with me in the hospital, i couldn't leave yet until tomorrow morning.

i watched as leah slept next to me in the hospital bed, the bed was small but so was leah...she fit just right in my arms but i definitely hovered over her, i couldn't sleep i just kept rethinking what happened last night in my head over and over again.

i got up slowly and limped into the bathroom and closed the door silently not to wake her, i sat on the bathroom floor and just silently sobbed, i couldn't stop, i let out a few gasp and covered my own trying to keep myself quiet, i didn't want leah seeing me like this

i suddenly heard a soft knock at the door and quickly wiped my tears "uh- im almost finished i just had to pee" i said i heard leah sigh on the other side of the door before opening it "walker...you don't have to lie to me, i know you " she said softly as she sat down infront of me holding my hands

i know i said i didn't want her to see me like this but i couldn't help it, the tears fell again and i sobbed even more, a bit louder this time now that she was here. she instantly held me tightly crying as well, whispering to me that it's gonna be okay the same way i reassured her, and i realized she wasn't the only one that needed reassuring.

"it's okay walker, im here, im not going anywhere...nobody is gonna hurt us again okay? please don't cry" she said wiping my tears, i felt helpless and it felt like ive been holding these tears in since i woke up from surgery "i-leah im so sorry...im so sorry this happened to you im so sorry im not enough to protect you...i don't know what would happen if i loose you..the thought of it makes me feel like i cant breathe" i gasped while sobbing

leah was shocked with tears flowing down her beautiful face, i immediately knew what she was thinking...she's never seen me this way, all of our years of being bestfriends and then falling inlove..she's never seen me this messed up about something, i could take it was breaking her too pieces and i wanted to calm myself down but i simply couldn't

a feeling took over me and i felt like i was going crazy, all she could do was hold me tightly as i sobbed in her arms "walker you are more then enough for me, you saved me...i left there with no serious injuries, you risked your life for me against two strong men...walker if anything you are my hero.. and i want you to know that this is not your fault that this happened and you won't EVER loose me, please never forget that" she said as she turned her back toward me and laid on my chest

i wrapped my arms around her and kissed her neck, her ear, and her cheek while smelling her hair, taking in everything she was as she laid on my chest while we sat against the wall on the bathroom floor, she was so beautiful, effortlessly..her smell was hypnotizing..like vanilla and coconuts.

i loved her so much it caused a pain in my chest, a good pain most days but this day it was a aching worrying pain, the kind that you worried about them 24/7 even tho it hurts you...i wanted her in my life forever and i was gonna make sure its that way by all means necessary.

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it was the next day and leah and i got up from the hospital bed and freshened up to go home, before putting my clothes on i looked at my bandage and sighed, for me to have been stabbed in the stomach the pain wasn't that bad, maybe because of the pain killers but i mostly thought it was because i simply didn't care about the pain.

leah came out of the bathroom, looking beautiful as ever, her eyes were still pretty puffy but she looked well rest and well...beautiful. i limped over to her and kissed her passionately, she smiled a bit and hugged me gently "let's go to your place....i don't know if i wanna be home right now" she said i completely understood

she had already told her mom she was gonna be staying with me and to visit my house to see her, her mom completely understood, nobody wants to stay in the place they've been attacked and besides..what if something else happens? they may have her address.

leah already knew her family was gonna have to move soon, and until then leah was gonna stay with me i didn't mind of course. but i just wish it was under better circumstances...leah's mom texted me making sure leah was okay with me and of course i told her yes.

her mom knew she was okay with me but at a mom she still must always check in and especially after what happened it's even more important now to check in then ever. me and leah's grabbed the rest of our things and headed outside to my family, my mom has came to pick us up with my dad and my siblings, soon as i got in tanner and leena hugged us.

"i'm so glad you guys are okay, but jeesh walker.. cant believe you had to kill those guys..you gonna be okay after that?" leena asked, and honestly it hasn't really dawned on me that i killed two people until now..and it especially because it made leah was safe and it was self defense.

i felt my parents watching me through the rare view mirror and i felt leah and tanners eyes on me waiting for an answer, instead i chose to ignore how i really felt "nah it's okay, i had to make sure leah was safe..i dont really feel bad for what happened knowing their intentions" i said

everyone nodded understandingly and leah rested her head on my shoulder, i played my head on hers gently and deeped down nobody knew how much it really was eating me up...i killed two people, yes it was to protect leah but it's traumatizing to think i had to kill two full grown men and im only 16.

my eyes started to water but i helped it in, last thing i wanted was to break down in the car, my family didn't need to see my that vulnerable. when we arrived we all went inside and my mom helped us to some left over dinner she made last night some salmon, mashed potatoes and asparagus, it was delicious i was tiredof the hospital food.

leah ate all her food too, i remember leah's mom helped my mom learn too season better, my mom was always a good cook she just never used much seasoning but now she does and her dishes hit everytime. me and leah went up to my room and i closed the door for privacy for just me and leah "walker im gonna shower i feel yucky, do you have anything i could wear?" she asked sweetly

i smiled and nodded "of course beautiful i'll leave a shirt out and some boxers for you on the bed i'm gonna hop on the game for a bit and take some stuff of my mind..ya know" i said putting the shirt and boxers on the bed and then turning on my game and pc, she nodded and kissed my cheek before getting in the shower. i got on the game and played fortnite with aryan, charlie and mason, yes mason thames we connected from fortnite around the time we first met...we also became friends when he got an invite to the adam project premiere and we instantly became friends.

i always told him that he did so well in the black phone movie and he told me the same thing about my past projects and percy jackson, anyways we played fortnite for a while and i was loving every minute of it i felt stressed free and a bit happy to be back talking with my friends after dealing with something so traumatic.

leah was already out the shower by now and had the room smelling like vanilla and coconuts, she was on a group facetime with dior, trynitie and josie they were laughing and gossiping about pretty much everything but i didn't mind, leah was enjoying her friends company as well.

aryan was getting upset because he kept dying and me and the guys found it hilarious because he kept bragging about how he was gonna have the most kills but unfortunately it didn't work out that way, sorry aryan haha.

about an hour later of playing we finally called it quits and got of the game, i was tired and ready to get in my own bed, leah was cuddled up under my blankets scrolling through tiktok laughing away, awing, and then laughing once again at each videos she came across..i missed that, she would always watch her tiktoks and react to them out loud, send them to me, or show me but sometimes it didn't matter cause i stalked her repost a lot...oops.

i kissed her cheek and she smiled as i opened my phone to watch the tiktoks she sent me, she could've showed them to me but i was on the game at the time and she was very serious about getting our streak back..i didn't blame her...we had 500 streaks of sending tiktoks to eachother and it broke once the situation happened.

i know we probably would had to talk about it again soon but for now i just wanted it this way, and i know leah felt the same because she didn't even mention anything about the situation, just showing me tiktoks as we laughed lightening the mood. i never really repost anything i was more of a person that just likes tiktoks or watched them, i don't know why but i guess i just wanted to keep that part to myself..it cute when leah does it tho..i loved stalking her repost and knowing what makes her laugh or what shes interested in. but me on the other hand i wanted to be more discreet that way.

but when it came to leah's tiktoks i always liked them and reposted them, the fans went crazy everytime i reposted something she posted.like just the other day before that situation happened she posted a tiktok of her with her two colored puffs and a burgundy adidas shirt, i reposted it and commented heart eyes and everyone under my comment freaked out.

i mean yeah everyone knows we are together so that wasn't the shocker, the shocker was i used an emoji, i remember a fan replied to my comment shocked i used an emoji

user: omg @walkerscobell did you just use an emoji?! oh yall he is smitten leah got him using emojis yall-

walkersscobell: @user shes the only one who will ever get emojis out of me, specifically these "❤️😍💍"

they went wild in the comments, leah liked and replied to my comment of course and replied to other fans comments calling her beautiful or admiring how much i adore her

"it's crazy we were overthinking this..." i whispered to her she looked at me with her eyebrows narrowed, ugh i loved that about her so much..the way her beautiful face was so expressive, i can always tell if she was sad, confused, happy, or sad...those thick beautiful eyebrows and doe eyes made it easy to understand her..she was so beautiful.

"what do you mean walker?" she asked and i showed her my phone of all the love she was receiving...she blushed and her cheeks turned pink "everyone loves us..we were so worried about messing up our bond with eachother or the media when really this is probably what the fans always wanted i mean of course people didn't wanna make us uncomfortable with the shipping but..it helped me realized i've always loved you" i said staring at her like she was the only girl in the world, and she was.

she kissed my lips and i smiled in the kiss, she rested her head on my shoulder after whispering that she loved me back and we continued to scroll laughing and showing eachother tiktoks until we dozed off.

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i hope yall enjoyed this chapter🩷